A view of Bombay. I was on the boat to the Elephanta Caves
What you see is the Gateway of India, the Old Taj Mahal Hotel on the side, and the new Taj towering over the Gateway.
This is really a beautiful part of Bombay.
The Gateway was built to welcome British Royalty to India
It is, instead, the place from where the last British ships left India after we gained independence.
One era ended, and another era began.
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Wow! Devine. Thanks for sharing Rajiv.
Thank you!
very impressive place
It is indeed!
Beautiful photo!
Thank ‘ee kindly young miss!
Been a Long time since I went to Bombay…. nearly 20 years!! I was 21 then…
Oh seriously?
Yup it was only 3 days but so much fun!
Bombay can be fun
Oh we definitely had fun!!!!
Lovely shot, Rajiv. This is great in b & w.
Thank you very much!
That photo stirred up memories of our stay in Bombay. I remember we walked into the old Taj Mahal Hotel and inquired how much it would cost to stay for the night. If we had stayed there our trip would have been over in one night.
Leslie
Oh yes… That is one bloody expensive hotel. It is nice to walk around in, and for those with big expense accounts, a wonderful place to stay in
For the rest, it is a visual delight
It was a visual delight but you would be a mark if you stayed there. We were at the Hotel Godwin on Garden Road, Colaba Causeway. It was affordable, clean, unpretentious and very friendly.
Leslie
Oh, I know that hotel! Never been inside, but I know it
They had security in the elevators and around the building. We were treated very well there. (Not as pretty as the Taj. )
Leslie
Oh, we Indians are now security mad… And, I mean mad in the sense of lunatic mad.
Barriers and barriers and still terrorists get in from time to time, and women still get raped
They had the security before the attack on the Taj. It is the sign of the times.
Leslie
In a way, yes.. But then, we’ve had lots of problems with violence – terrorist and internal.
I was once almost caught by a mob.. I escaped by the skin of my teeth.. The sight of a raging mob rushing towards to, even if you are not the target, is bloody frightening.. This, I can tell you..
Movie heroes whack mobs with the lift of their eyebrow. In real life, sadly, that does not happen!
The security was well done there. You felt secure not threatened.
Leslie
Oh…
Hey! My first book has just been published on Amazon!
Congratulations Rajiv! I’ll have to get out there and pick it up.
Leslie
Thanks! I will send you the Amazon link, if you like
I’ll probably order it from the store near by.
Leslie
Okay… It’s called “Percival:The Mrodic Wars”
I’m making a note of that. Thank you Rajiv.
Leslie
obviously still tired as I wrote a reply and lost it, together with a photograph of the Gateway to India taken in 1930 or thereabouts… to show the contrast. Oh well…
Oh.. Well… I shall put up one that I took in the 1980’s.
I am old, you see 😉
a bit of mock humility there, I see 🙂
No, no… I am ancient!
beautiful photograph though – I love it very much
Thank you!
Love this image Rajiv ..it speaks a thousand words. Oh oh ..what is this first book on Amazon? Do tell
It’s called “Percival:The Mrodic Wars”
I was expecting it to be out in 15 days, based on the feedback I got. Then, I told my sisters, and they said -it’s out already!
Wow .. Fantastic Rajiv!
Yep! I shall post more on Monday…
wonderful shot!!
Thank you!
Oh so pretty .. I have a similar one i clicked few months ago ..
Share it, please !